C. elegans PAT-6/actopaxin plays a critical role in the assembly of integrin adhesion complexes in vivo

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 922-932

  Lin, Xinyi ^a   Qadota, Hiroshi ^b   Moerman, Donald G ^b   Williams, Benjamin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0037850992     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00372-5     Document Type: Article

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